Device for lifting water



(No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet 1. A BOUGHARAT DEVICE FOR LIFTING WATER.

N0. 540,230. Patented June 4, 1895'.

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A. BOUOHARAT.

DEVICE FOR LIFTING WATER.

Patented June 4, 1895..

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AUGUSTE BO UOI-IARAT, OF GUSION, COLORADO.

DEVICE FOR LIFTING WATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 540,230, dated June 4,1895.

Application filed September 24, 1394. Serial No, 523.958. (No modeL Toall whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUSTE BOUCHARAT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Guston, in the county of Ouray and State of Colorado, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Devices for Lifting Water, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of devices for lifting'water in whicha motor actuated by the current of the stream lifts the water of thestream to the requisite level by means of devices driven bythe motor.

Exterior to the cylinder and parallel with the screw shaft I provide asecond shaft to Whichmotion is communicated from the screw shaft bymeans of suitable gearing. An end less bucket chain or other suitablewater lifting device passes at one end over a pulley or sprocket wheelmounted on the second shaft and at the other end over a similar pulleyon a fixed support on the river bank. Horizontal paddle wheels mountedon the floats and turned by the current are connected to the pulleyshaft by suitable devices to assist in revolving the shaft where theforce of the current flowing through the cylinder is insufiicient, andguides are provided to lift the paddles clear of the water during a partof their revolution. The motor being maintained in the river current andsubmerged to a sufflcient depth by ballasting the floats, rises andfalls with the rise and fall of the river while it automatically andcontinuously lifts the WZJIGI'II'OID the stream itself to the localitywhere it is desired.

Where the force of the current is sufficient to raise the water withoutthe aid of the horizontal paddle wheels, I dispense with them and thepulley shaft, and mount the pulley directly on the end of the screwshaft.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 isa view in perspective of the hydraulic motor and floats anchored in theriver current, with the bucketchain attachment. Fig; 2 is a plan View ofthe same; and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section, partly in relief,through the cylinder.

A A are the floats made of any suitable material and which may bepointed at both ends as shown in the drawings.

a. is a manhole which provides access to the interior of the floats.

B is the cylinder suitably secured between the floats and containingthehelical screw O mounted upon its shaft 1) which turns in bearings d dacross the cylinder head at both ends. I

E is the second or pulley shaft parallel with the screw shaft D abovewhich it is located. F F are its bearings which also serve to connectthe floats A A.

G and H are the gear wheels mounted re spectively on the shafts D and Eby which movement is transmitted from one to the other.

I is the sprocket pulley mounted on and turning with the shaft E.

J is a bucket chain of well known construc tion passing over the pulleyI, and I is a similar pulley mounted on the frame of the stationaryreceiver K on the river bank, which supports the other end-of the bucketchain.

L are the horizontal paddle wheels consisting of the paddles Z pivotedto the hub M so as to have a vertical rise and fall and N is the hubshaft rotating in suitable bearings in the O are the guides mounted onthe floats which lift the paddles clear of the water during part oftheir revolution.

P are sprocket wheels mounted on and turning with the paddle wheelshafts N. Q are similar sprocket wheels mounted on and turning with thepulley shaft E, and R are suitable link chains passing over the sprocketwheels P and crossing over the pulley shaft E where the lower turn ofthe chain engages with the sprocket wheel Q on the shaft.

S isan adjustable funnel at the head of the cylinder between the floatsto facilitate the flow of the current into the cylinder.

T T are the anchor chains which secure the floats to the river bank andU U beams having a vertical play which hold the floats in the current ofthe stream while permitting of their rise and fall with that of theWater level.

Where the current is of sufficient strength to rotate the screw shaft Dand operate the bucket chain without the assistance of the horizontalpaddle wheels L, I dispense with the wheels and the shaft E and mountthe pulley I on the prolonged extremity of the shaft D, as shown indotted lines in Fig. 3, at a sufflcient distance from the cylinder mouthnot to interfere with the outflow of the water therefrom.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The floats being anchoredin the stream at a suitable distance from the bank and ballasted inorder to immerse the apparatus as shown in Fig. 1, the force of thecurrent flowing through the cylinder and impinging against the paddlewheels causes the rotation of the shaft E and with it the continuoustravel of the bucket chain which lifts the water from the river anddelivers it at the top of the bank as shown.

My invention presents many advantages over all constructions known to mewhich render it particularly suitable for use in shallow rivers liableto sudden rise and fall such as those most frequently met with in themountainous regions of the West.

The bucket chain connection between the bank and the floats permits of aconstant delivery of water at that point, no matter how low the streammay fall or how high it may rise; and by employing a supplemental motoractuated by the surface flow of the stream, I

am enabled to reinforce the operation of the screw, which being nearerthe bottom of the stream, meets in such shallow rivers as I havedescribed, a current flowing at a rate less than that of the surfacewater owing to the well known laws of friction, an importantconsideration in these conditions for which my invention is especiallyadapted, while it allows 3 me to use the full force of the centralcurrent 1 in case of high water.

I do not limit myself to the specific details p of construction of thepaddle wheels, of the 5 paddle guides, or of the connecting gear befromthe spirit of my invention; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure 5 by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an automatic device for raising water from a stream and deliveringit to a station- 5 ary receiver, the combination with a pair of floatsof a primary motor consisting of a tube having a fixed relation to andbetween said floats and containing an interior rotatively supportedhelical screw blade, a supplemental motor consisting of horizontallyrotating paddle wheels mounted upon said floats, a main shaft mountedupon said floats, suitable gears engaging said primary and saidsupplemental motors with said main shaft to reinforce each other, apulley upon said main shaft, a stationary receiver on the bank, a pulleymounted above said receiver in a fixed relation thereto, and a suitablebucket chain or belt engaging both of said pulleys whereby water isautomatically and continuously delivered to the receiver at all stagesof high and low water, substantially as described.

2. In an automatic device for raising water from a stream and deliveringit to a stationary receiver, the combination of the floats A A, thecylinder B secured between the floats in the direction of the current,its contained helical screw 0 and shaft D rotating in suitable bearingssecured to the floats, the pulley shaft E also rotating in suitablebearings secured to the floats, the connecting gears G H between theshafts, the horizontal and opposite paddle wheelsL mounted in pairsonthe floats and having the vertically adjustable paddles l, the paddleguides O, the sprocket wheels P mounted on and turning with the Sopaddle wheel shafts N, the sprocket wheels Q mounted on the shaft E, thechains R connecting each pair of sprocket wheels P with the sprocketwheels Q, the pulley I mounted on the shaft E, the stationary receiver Kon the river bank the fixed pulley I, and the bucket chain or belt Jpassing over the pulleys and driven by the pulley I, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing AUGUSTE BOUCI-IARAT. Witnesses:

P. ANTONIETTI, THEO. POULDIS.

5 witnesses.

